I have been catching up on the past 10 days. It has been a tough time for you all, with small doses of good news thrown in. I'm going to attempt a full catch up post, but there is a lot to consider so sorry to anyone I miss!
Hurrah for drizz's BFP! Insomnia was always my strongest symptom - I even get it for a couple of days from the trigger shot.
rabbit that appointment sounds like it was really hard, but as others have said, you really do one need one egg to get there with IVF.
Don't blame your ED. I'm sure the dr is right. My housemate from yooni had a severe ED and was hospitalised a number of times. She managed 2 kids in her mid to late 30s.
joy I'll have everything crossed for you. You sound very brave with the gestone!
mrsd I feel for you on the grey hair comment. I have it too and am allergic to hair dye, so all I can have is highlights with foils so the dye doesn't sit on my scalp. I'm not sure how that is going to work as the grey becomes more prevalent. And to top it all off they guy at passport control on the way back yesterday spent ages peering at my photo before announcing it looked nothing like me. Well it was taken when I was 29 and I'm now 37 and haven't slept properly in 10 days, so fuck off to the far side of fuck. Harrumph.
pout it is a kind of bereavement - you're mourning the life you thought you would have.
cos I can't believe that you have more worry to deal with. Surely us long-termers are due an easy ride once we get our BFPs?
mad I'm glad things are going well.
gin the strep B can be well taken care of during labour. One of my friends had it and a superfast labour so they only got some of the antibiotics into her before the birth. The baby was given the rest afterwards. And he is absolutely fine now.
nelly I'm sorry that your stealth cycle didn't work out. What an amazing offer from your friend! My bestie put the idea of being a surrogate for me in my head and mentioned it a few times but the last time said that her husband had pointed out that she wasn't very good at birth (she had 2 sections) so he's basically ruled it out. I'm not sure I could have asked it of her anyway. She's had some other health problem (just had an ovary removed due to endo) so I think she has been through enough without asking her to go through another pregnancy. But egg donation is a whole different ball game and I think it would be wonderful to have a good friend as a donor.
buzz and critter I hope you are both cooking your buns nicely.
doll what a wonderful piece of luck! Hopefully little doll will see this baby as a positive thing now! How's the GD?
Welcome back absy and hello newbie.
I'm at home today. Looking forward to having a fairly quiet one. Although I do have to do my tax return.
My hearing went fairly well. The press were there one day, but I managed to avoid them, so there were no pap photos. I did manage to stumble through the middle of some shoot for Paris fashion week though. The models were so skinny they looked like if I had sneezed near them they would have fallen over! I'm going to try to get myself a massage later. My back is awful. And now I am going to start on a health kick and spent the next three months focussing on me (as opposed to trying to get a mini-me). I need to deal with the fact that I have eaten enough pastry to sink a battle ship over the past couple of weeks!
I have appointments at existing and possible new clinics next week and to be honest I am not looking forward to getting back on the AC train at all. It has been good not really thinking about it much for the past few weeks. But time ticks on, so we really should get on with exploring our options.